Youth Advisory Council

Youth Advisory Council Mission: Our goal is to promote and be an ambassador of FIRST programs and initiatives, through education and action that engages, supports, and represents the interests of FIRST youth and that inspires students to be leaders in science and technology for the future.

ABOUT
OYACs current 12 member team is comprised of three subcommitees: Growth & Sustainabilty, Outreach, and ED&I. 

Our 13 members come from all around the state and represent 6 FTC teams and 4 FRC teams.

OYAC members contribute to a variety of activities including advocacy, FIRST event experience, social activities and Voice of Youth to Program Delivery Organizations.

Published Resources

About Ohio FIRST

Here is our info sheet about FIRST and details on each program.

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About OYAC's Outreach

An overview of the roles and responsibilities of our Outreach Commitee

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Meet the Council

Azalea Shillington

Committee Chair

MachBusters #9097 (FRC)

Sophia Lander

Growth & Sustainability Chair

Gem City Gridrunners #10011 (FRC)

Amit Kamath

Outreach Chair

Bad Robots #1014 (FRC)

Joshua Shropshire

ED&I Chair

24KARAT #20744 (FTC)

Lorelei Choate

ED&I Member

Lakota Robotics #1038 (FRC)

Santosh Alikesh Kumar

Outreach Member

24KARAT #20744 (FTC)

Micah Lander

Outreach Member

Gem City Gridrunners #10011 (FRC)

Ian Miller

Growth & Sustainability Member

Moonshots #21681 (FTC)

Farzana Shaik

Growth & Sustainability Member

Innov8 #12768 (FTC)

Blake Simpkins

Outreach Member

Ædificatores #8581 (FTC)

Purin Songrug

Outreach Member

We DID Start The Fire #16657 (FTC)

Pranya Vaddadi

Growth & Sustainability Member

Interstellar #23927 (FTC)

Owen White

ED&I Member

We DID Start The Fire #16657 (FTC)

Application
The Ohio FIRST Youth Advisory Council is currently not accepting applications. Our application process will be open in early June.

The application consists of a written form and an interview round.

For questions please contact azaleahazel@gmail.com.